Thanks for the info. I downloaded Music Controls Pro. However, I can't seem to get Pandora or Tunein Radio to display on drive screen or to change channels via the car controls. I've got it running through the iPod Y-Cable. I must be doing something wrong. Any help is appreciated.

go in to settings and make sure controls are turned "on" for those apps. I turned everything off except for spotify, that probably isn't necessary but i did it just so I knew there would be no cross-app issues.

Also, one thing that might help: Before you plug the phone in to the car double tap the home button and quit out of whatever audio program you plan on running. Only once you're connected to the car should you open the app. If I didn't do it like that I usually wouldn't gain control of the program

When you plug the iPhone into the USB in the armrest you have to open spotify and start playing a playlist on your phone to get the audio to switch over from the iPod to Spotify.

The track name is on the iDrive screen but you cant browse your playlists/songs etc. I suppose that's expected.

Turning off the car and removing the iPhone works as expected. Music pauses when unplugged, resumes when plugged in again. The app did stop working at one point when pluggin/unplugging but just reopened spotify on the phone, hit play again, and it started working again.

Spotify streams over Bluetooth and you are able to change tracks using the steering wheel controls on post 2011 Combox cars. You don't get track names displayed though. Perhaps a future update will allow this

hey guys, be careful about updating to the newest version of Spotify. I updated today and when launching a notice pops up "music controls pro doesn't support this version of spotify. Only bla bla bla version is supported." So that being said, steering wheel controls still work... but it doesn't display the playing song.

MCP seems to be pretty good about updating to support latest versions of things, so it's just a matter of time before it's fixed. Just be weary about updating.

How about Paul coming on here and seeing if he can write a new app or mod MCP specifically to integrate things like spotify into the idrive just like the iPod does. Eg. Display playlists, album art etc.? I know I'd pay more than $5.00 for an app like that. I'm sure a few others would also?